He published a collection of stories entitledNouvelles réalistes in 1878. Making himself the chronicler of his native province ofQuercy in southwestern France, he described its scenery and its life.[3] His rustic novels were in the same vein as those ofJean de Noarrieu andAndré Theuriet.[4] HisL'Innocent (1884) was dedicated to his friendPierre Loti (the pseudonym of the French naval lieutenant Julien Viaud), later author ofMadame Chrysanthème (1887).[5]
^David CowardA history of French literature: from chanson de geste to cinema 2003 p488 "This kind of reassurance was to be had in the rustic novels of Émile Pouvillon (Jean de Jeanne, 1886) and Jean de Noarrieu, and in the tales of small-town and country life of André Theuriet (1833–1907)."
^A Vision of the Orient: Texts, Intertexts, And Contexts of Madame p226 J. L. Wisenthal, Sherrill E. Grace, Melinda Boyd - 2006 "following conversation, reported in Loti's Journal intime 1882–1885, between Loti and his friend Émile Pouvillon: 'I am going to get to work on some Tonkineries, but I find this country so odious that I will do them only with difficulty'".
^La Nouvelle revue 1922 "Ce sont d'Émile Pouvillon, le Roi de Rome paru en 1898"
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Pouvillon, Émile".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 222.